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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2011
Johannson Jimmy Tee, Jr., Mason, OH (US);
Olaf Erik Alexander Isele, West Chester, OH (US);
Calvin Hoi Wung Cheng, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rajeev Chhabra, Mason, OH (US);
Deeann Ling Nelson, Mooresville, NC (US);
Kemal Vatansever Catalan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Johannson Jimmy Tee, Jr., Mason, OH (US);
Olaf Erik Alexander Isele, West Chester, OH (US);
Calvin Hoi Wung Cheng, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Rajeev Chhabra, Mason, OH (US);
DeeAnn Ling Nelson, Mooresville, NC (US);
Kemal Vatansever Catalan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An absorbent article comprising a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a pair of longitudinal barrier cuffs attached to the chassis. Each longitudinal cuff is formed of a web of material having first and second opposing surfaces and comprising a nonwoven component layer comprising fibers having a number-average diameter of less than about 1 micron, a mass-average diameter of less than about 1.5 microns, and a ratio of the mass-average diameter to the number-average diameter less than about 2. The absorbent article further comprises a hydrophobic coating disposed on at least one surface of the web of material.